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Jiang Zemin propelled China’s economic rise in the world, leaving his successors to deal with the massive inequality that followed
By the summer of 1989, a series of problems were threatening China’s stability. Soaring inflation…
Nigeria’s 2023 budget is a plan of despair and won’t change the tempo of the economy
Nigeria’s 2023 budget, recently presented by President Muhammadu Buhari to the National Assembly, has generated…
Darknet markets generate millions in revenue selling stolen personal data, supply chain study finds
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Renovation Summit 2022 – Fast tracking innovation to mitigate the energy crisis
More than 40 speakers, including social housing providers, policymakers, tenants, cities and service providers, came…
Kenya’s big railway project makes life even harder for the poor by ignoring their reality
People’s responses to large infrastructure projects – railways, bridges, highways – are rarely neutral. To…
Jobs are up! Wages are up! So why am I as an economist so gloomy?
In any other time, the jobs news that came down on Dec. 2, 2022, would…
12 ways to finally achieve your most elusive goals
It’s that time of year to muse on what you hope to accomplish over the…
European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency and European Patent Office join forces to ensure the right support for key technologies
The European Innovation Council and SMEs Executive Agency (EISMEA) and the European Patent Office (EPO) have signed…
Expert insights into how things got so bad – and what the fixes are
Ghana is grappling with runaway inflation as prices of basic commodities have spiralled. Government finances…